One of the things Valentine's Day makes me think of is poetry.  That probably comes from the fact that my mom used to write us poems for Valentine's Day.  The only poetry I remember attempting were assignments in school, which is where …

At the reference desk we often get questions about how to do legislative history research.  The library has several electronic databases that can help if you're looking for federal legislative history documents.  To make these databases more accessible, we've created a legislative …

Professor Cheryl Preston and co-author Brandon Crowther have recently posted their article, Infancy Doctrine Inquiries, to SSRN.  The article, published in the Santa Clara Law Review, examines this contract law doctrine in light of our increasingly digital world. Update: A related article …

The Utah Legislature is currently in session.  Bills are being introduced, discussed, debated, amended, and some will ultimately be passed, signed by the Governor and become law.  Once they become law they will be known as session laws and will be compiled …

With one of its professors, Larry EchoHawk, serving in the Obama administration as Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs, BYU Law School has a unique connection to American Indian Law.  To support research and scholarship in this area, the Law Library has recently …

One of the things I love most about my job as a law librarian is trying to find ways to get students interested in legal research.  I'm not going to lie--it's not always easy!  But, legal research is important to an aspiring …

Professor Shima Baradaran has recently posted her newest article, Race, Prediction, and Pretrial Detention, to SSRN.   The article is co-authored with Professor Frank McIntyre.  Here's the abstract: "We use a large, nationally representative and detailed database on criminal defendants to predict the …

The law school was privileged to host Dean Erwin Chemerinsky of the University of California, Irvine School of Law on Friday as part of the law review symposium.  Dean Chemerinsky spoke for nearly an hour without notes on "The Supreme Court's Failure …

Tomorrow and Friday the Brigham Young University Law Review will put on a symposium titled, The Press, the Public, and the U.S. Supreme Court.  I can't honestly say that every law review symposium I see looks especially intriguing, but this one certainly …

Professor Eric Talbot Jensen has recently posted his newest article, Sovereignty and Neutrality in Cyber Conflict, to SSRN.   This article will be published in the Fordham International Law Journal.  For more of Professor Jensen's works, take a look at his SSRN …

D.C. Circuit Court Judge Tom Griffith (who is also an adjunct professor here at the law school) recently authored an opinion in which he cited a YouTube video of Jimmer Fredette "destroy[ing]" Gonzaga in last year's NCAA tournament.  Using the video as …

Finding a good topic to write about can often be a frustrating part of the writing process.  To help, the Litigation Section of the Utah Bar has developed a topic bank where members of the bar supply possible paper topics that can …

Many of you have noticed that the Law Library no longer has photocopiers available.  The two photocopiers we had were on loan to us from the main University.  As students have moved from photocopying to scanning over the years, the photocopiers received …

If there's one thing you do a lot in law school it's read.  We've had one week of school and you've probably read (or at least have been assigned to read) several hundred pages.  That's the life of a law student.  With …

In a recent opinion the Utah State Bar's Ethics Advisory Committee was faced with the issue of whether it was a violation of the ethics rules "for an attorney to ask a law student to undertake research using the law student’s free …

The Howard W. Hunter Law Library exists to serve students and faculty of BYU Law School.  We have many resources here, both print and electronic, that can be valuable to you as you perform legal research this semester.  Through this blog we …

We welcome everyone back to school today and hope you had a nice break.  To welcome in the new year I thought I'd share one of the more interesting "Year in Review" lists I read.  This one is from the U.S. Chamber …